(906) to lay downhis viElorious weapons, and depart out OfEgypt,whiclr he had fubdued; and fo to let go his fweetmorfell out ofhis mouth again': Andwithout delay, cometh Topiliur flying intoEgypt, and- fhewethby his doings,how littlea LegateofRome didefleem ofany King; hefcornfully refufeth the hand,and imbracements,he bidsleave òfrhis complements, and friendly fálutations, and makinga circle, f}rieetly injoyns him a fpeedy-anfwer beforehe.went out of that fpace. Neither dui di the great King mutter a word againff it, but remem- bringhehad to dowith his Lord and Mafter, quielty fuffered he the prey to be taken from him,and giving warning for the readineffeof all his carriage, he departed out ofEgypt. This Epimanes did more wifely then Perfette the Macedonian, who wagingbattell with the Romani, learned at the length to his great dammage, by following the triumphing chariot ofAemelitu, what a dangerous matter it was to contend, or fight with a fuperiour, orone móre then his match. Fooliííhly alfodidGentius King ofIlliricum,who would not fubmit to this tyrannical) Prince,before he was fent prifoner tome,togethett withhis wife, and children, and kinsfolks, by Ammiue the Pretor. O roman 1 thou waft indeed above every god, all Kings did fubmit theirnecks,and yeelded unto thy yoke.Pruf:ai therefore the Kingof Bythinia,though not according4o Princly dignity,yet very comnio- dioufly, to make Phew ofRoman eminencie, commanded his fonne Nicomedes;as an Orphan,orWard to the Senate,and acknowledged himfelf a free man of the people of`erne. But we are to obferve notwithftanding, that this King fhould ex- alt,and magnifie himfelf,bywrcffing Principalitie by force and arms, and not only by voluntary fubjeehon tohim. Prufîar, indeed, wil- lingly feemed toprofeE himfelftheir fervant,but his profeflionwas but a bale flattery, which feare'extorted,but he did not ingenuotiffy, nor willingly defire it. What fhould I make mention ofDownes, singofPerganeuu,ofAriarathes Kingof Cappadocia,of Mithridates King ofTontus,ofDiataros KingofSalatia,who all ofthem,and all others in all places,fubmitted themfelves to this King, either of their owne accord,or of compulfion. We fee therefore that this agreeth to theRomanalone, to whofewill and pleafitreall other did reform. .Antiochtu neither durfl, nor was able to Arrogate any fuch matter. But.ifwe interpret thefe gods tobe the celefliall and divinepowers, then is there leffe likelihood in it, that he fhould preferre himfelf lie- fore theheavenly; which knew fo well heel-lad a filer on earth. But thefe gods here fpoken of, are not heavenly, but earthly ones : That
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